Coal Authority
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The Coal Authority is a Non-Departmental Public Body of the United Kingdom government. It was established under the Coal Industry Act 1994 to manage certain functions previously undertaken by the British Coal Corporation (formerly the National Coal Board), including ownership of unworked coal. It is responsible for licensing coal mining operations and for providing information on coal reserves and past and future coal mining. It settles subsidence claims not falling on coal mining operators. It deals with the management and disposal of property, and with surface hazards such as abandoned coal mine shafts.
The Authority's headquarters are at 200 Lichfield Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
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- (2001) Whitaker's Almanack 2002. London: The Stationery Office Ltd. ISBN 0 11 7022 799.
